The Rev. Nicholas Jonas says he was in disbelief when he saw tears streaming down the face of a painting of Mary holding the child Jesus in his ... at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 6041 ...

According to a Nov. 8 Met press release, the exhibition focuses on the art from the centuries in which “much of North Africa was ruled by the Byzantine ... icon depicting Mary and the Child ...

Icons are still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church to focus worshippers' prayers on a particular saint or subject. The most famous Byzantine icon shows the Virgin and Child and is supposedly ...